Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
The Rover/NERVA engine system is to be used as a reference, against which each of the other concepts presented in the workshop will be compared. The following topics are reviewed: the operational characteristics of the nuclear thermal rocket (NTR); the accomplishments of the Rover/NERVA programs; and performance characteristics of the NERVA-type systems for both Mars and lunar mission applications. Also, the issues of ground testing, NTR safety, NASA's nuclear propulsion project plans, and NTR development cost estimates are briefly discussed.
Keywords:
SPACECRAFT PROPULSION AND POWER
Type:
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: A Joint NASA(DOE)DOD Workshop; p 53-92
Format:
application/pdf